Yeo lab:Lab Members

March 2012 (From the left: Bo, Kevin, Hannah, Hillary, Sara, Emily, Eun Jung, Yoon, Karen, and Harrison)

Principal investigator

Yoon Yeo, Ph.D.

Administrative staff

Leah Garner

Post-doctoral associate

• Eun Jung Cho, Ph.D. (Seoul National University, Korea)
• Hannah Lee, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech., GA)

Visiting scholars

• Kyung-Oh (Kevin) Doh, M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea)
• Hae-Yun (Harrison) Choi, O.M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany Univ., Korea)
• Michael D. Tsifansky, M.D. (Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital, Park Ridge, IL; Adjunct assistant professor, Purdue University)

Graduate students

• Hillary Holback (IPPH 08)
• Karen Liu (BME 09)
• Bo Sun (IPPH 11)
• Sara Abouelmagd (IPPH 12)

Undergraduate students

• Joonyoung Park (PharmD, 09Summer-present) working independently
• Erin Wilson (BSPS, 10S-present) working with Eunjung Cho
• John Weidle (PharmD, 11S- present) working with Karen Liu

Alumni

• Graduate students
  • Zohreh Amoozgar, Ph.D.: October 2007 - December 2011. (Thesis: Bioadhesive polymeric drug delivery systems for tumor targeting and tissue repair)
  • Emily Gullotti, Ph.D.: January 2008 - May 2012. (Thesis: Peritumorally activatable nanoparticles for delivery of paclitaxel to multidrug resistant ovarian cancer cells)
  • Basma Ibrahim, Ph.D.: August 2008 - May 2012. (Thesis: Development of inhalable macromolecule delivery for local treatment of pulmonary diseases)

• Post-docs; Visiting scholars
  • Jeong Ho Park, Ph.D. (Professor, Hanbat National University, Korea): Visiting scholar 2007 summer
  • Peisheng Xu, Ph.D. (University of Wyoming, 2007): May 2007 - November 2009. Currently Assistant Professor at University of South Carolina
  • Min Feng, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China): Jan.2010 - June 2010.
  • Yang Chun Park, O.M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Oriental Internal Medicine, Daejeon University, Korea): Aug. 2009 - July 2010.
  • Yan Yang, Ph.D.: September 2007 - August 2010. Currently Associate Professor of Life Sciences, Jilin University, China.
  • Gaurav Bajaj, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 2008): August 2009 - June 2011.

July 2010 (From left: Hillary, Mark, Joonyoung, Qingnuo, and Sooyoung) *sigh* Indeed..these guys are having more fun than they should have. =)

• Undergraduate students
  • Nimisha Bajaj (BME, SURF 07, 07F, 08S)
  • Roosan Islam (PharmD, DURI 07F)
  • Ashmita Hoskote (BME, SURF 08S)
  • Griffin Quick (BME, DURI 08S, 08F)
  • Jennifer Bastijanic (BME, DURI 08F)
  • Kimberly Ohn (CHE, DURI 08S-08F)
  • Parag Sharma (Pre-pharm, 08F-09S)
  • Haesoo Kim (BSPS, 09S)
  • David Belair (ChemE, 09Summer) worked with Basma Ibrahim - Univ. of Wisconsin, Chemical Engineering, Grad School
  • Tyler Shugg (PharmD, 09S) worked with Peisheng Xu
  • Xinyi (Nancy) Jiang (Pre-pharm, 09F) worked with Zohreh Amoozgar
  • Haein Yang (Food Sciences, DURI 07F-09F) worked with Yan Yang and Basma Ibrahim - CJ CheilJedang Foods R&D, Korea
  • Rattavut ("M") Teerakapibal (Pre-pharm, 10S) worked with Zohreh Amoozgar - Graduate school @ U of Wisconsin
  • Taylor Crane (ChemE, 09Summer-10S) worked with Emily Gullotti
  • Mark Hamilton (BME, 10Summer) Worked with Emily Gullotti
  • Qingnuo Lin (ChemE, Pre-pharm, 10S-present) worked with Zohreh Amoozgar
  • Travis Huber (Pharm D, 11S) worked with Gaurav Bajaj
  • Ellen Yin (Pharm D, 11S) worked with Emily Gullotti
  • Sooyoung Shin, Pharm. D.: August 2007 - May 2011. Independent study. - Resident @ OSF St. Francis in Peoria, IL.
  • Heewon Moon (12S) working with Hillary Holback

Lab photo archive

• Aug. 2007
• April 2009
• 2009 Summer undergrads
• November 2009
• May 15, 2010: End of Summer cookout
• June 11, 2010: Min's farewell
• June 13, 2010: Emily Wedding Reception
• May 24, 2011: Karen's Birthday
• March 5, 2012: 2012 Spring Welcome lunch
• March 24, 2012: Yoon's Birthday